The 45th Annual Mendocino County Wine Competition is People’s Choice!

Event Date: 8/17/2024

Calling all wine enthusiasts! Join us for this newly reimagined People’s Choice competition, a blind wine tasting event of the best wines Mendocino County has to offer. Don’t miss your chance to taste and judge amazing Mendocino wines.

Get your tickets here!

Held at Brutocao School House Plaza Bliss banquet room (an air-conditioned event space), your ticket includes a wine glass, a ballot to cast your votes and record your Judge’s Notes, and a plate of tacos from celebrated local restaurant. Tickets are going fast, you definitely don’t want to miss out!

Wine and tacos, what’s not to love?

Medals for each category will be announced the following week, as well as Best in Class, Best in Show, and Fan Favorite. Gold Medal winners will be invited to pour their wines at the Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show in Boonville the weekend of September 13.

There will also be an award for Best Judge’s Note, with the winner receiving two VIP tickets to the 2025 competition. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event. You be the judge!

You be the judge!

This is a 21 and up event. No kids or dogs allowed. *Service dogs okay but not recommended for this event.

Traveling from out of town? Stay in beautiful downtown Hopland at the Thatcher Hotel. From the copper steeple, curated library, and custom handmade furniture to the iconic bar, rotating art, and expansive outdoor courtyard, our restored Victorian hotel was established in 1890 by founder and pioneer William Thatcher and is now reinvented as the eponymous Thatcher Hotel.

Use code mendocinowine15 to receive 15% off a two-night stay!